Local musical collective Ten Out of Tenn has become a bonafide Nashville rock institution over just a couple years of touring and compilation-sharing. Next month, a trio of ToT alums will add a twist to the story: a "Three Out of Tenn" tour.

Ten Out of Tenn co-founder Trent Dabbs is set to hit the road with Andrew Belle, who contributed to the Volume 3 ToT class, and Volume 2-er Andy Davis for a run of June "Three Out of Tenn" dates, including a hometown stop at 3rd & Lindsley on Saturday, June 12. Tickets for that 8 p.m. show are $12 in advance, $15 on the day of.

It could be a dangerous thing, Twitter, what with it allowing musicians to bullhorn all manner of private moments at the touch of a phone button. But over its reign it's probably safe to say we've all learned one big, underlying fact: Twitter is pretty much just a treasure trove of pictures of animals, babies and random celeb meetings. And an easy avenue through which to mock your tourmates. So, without further ado: Our latest round-up of photos tweeted by Nashville-based and -connected musicians. Click the image of country singer Miranda Lambert and her new friend below to take a run through the gallery.

Click this self-tweeted image of Miranda Lambert to look through our latest Twitpic of the Litter gallery.

Bice and Cain were on hand at the 2010 Tin Pan South preview party Tuesday afternoon at The Rutledge, where organizers announced the line-up for this year’s festival. Like many of the festival’s biggest names — including country stars Kathy Mattea, Heidi Newfield, Julie Roberts and Steel Magnolia — Bice and Cain are artists who are famed for their performing skills as well as their writing.

“We are so excited about this year’s festival, because, guys, in addition to all of the fabulously talented country songwriters and artists, we’ve got a real live rock star,” said Lisa Harless of Tin Pan sponsors Regions Bank, referring to Cain.

We've been a little busy with, you know, snow and awardsshow stuff, but our favorite local/locally connected musicians haven't stopped tweeting all manner of hilarious/touching/confusing photos that we've found worth ogling. So without further ado, check out the latest installment of our regular series of musician-shared Twitter pictures by clicking the image of Taylor Swift below.

Click this Twitter-shared image of Taylor Swift to see this installment of our regular Twitter photo gallery.

Singer-songwriter and Ten Out of Tenn-er Tyler James is getting ready to release his full-length debut, It Took The Fire, on Tuesday, March 2, and he'll be celebrating that release with a hometown show at 12th and Porter on Friday, March 5.

The new set -- a collection of soulful pop tunes that includes a couple of the hook-y songs you've heard at ToT shows, like "Soapbox Shakedown" and "Stay Humble" -- has a bit of a coming-of-age bent, says the 27-year-old singer.

“I’m part of a restless generation known more for its apathy than for its voice,” James said in a statement. “My songs are about the struggle to find my own truth.”

That's all to say: Make a point of catching James' release show, friends and fans, since he looks like he'll be busy elsewhere for a spell.

March 5's show also features fellow hometown singers Peter Barbee and Keegan DeWitt, and kicks off at 8 p.m. Admission is $5 ($10 with a copy of the CD), and 12th & Porter is located at 114 12th Ave. N.

Soulful pop songsmith Davis, for one, just popped up with an unexpected new EP called New History that he's offering as a free download via his official site for a limited hunk of time. (It's been up a minute now, but this one caught us by happy surprise, with good reason -- "We decided to pull a fast one and release this EP with barely any notice at all," Davis said in a release about History.)

All the singer's asking in return for the free music is some sharing of the word, either via an email to a few friends or a Twitter tweet about the release.

The collection will be available for the free snagging until January 1, and post-Ten Out of Tenn touring, Davis plans to start working on some more music (specifically, a follow-up to his hook-y, slinky Let the Woman).

The hometown date on the TOT holiday tour is set for December 13 at Exit/In (2208 Elliston Place, 321-3340).